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Meditationes Algebraicae, an English Translation of the Work of Edward Waring
Dennis Weeks
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Hardcover. A translation from the Latin of the third and last edition of ""Waring's Meditationes Algebraicae"". Translator(s): Weeks, Dennis. Num Pages: 520 pages. BIC Classification: PBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Weight in Grams: 1134.
Some time ago, I attended a lecture by a prominent computer scientist, a man of Chinese origin, who began with the words, 'Since there are very few Chinese people in the audience, I will give my talk in the universal language of Science: Broken English...'In the 18th Century, the universal language of Science was Latin, and it does no injustice to those (essentially all) scientific writers whose native language was not Latin to note that they probably wrote 'broken Latin' in many cases. For reasons of historical interest and personal curiosity, I have chosen to translate from Latin to ... Read more
Some time ago, I attended a lecture by a prominent computer scientist, a man of Chinese origin, who began with the words, 'Since there are very few Chinese people in the audience, I will give my talk in the universal language of Science: Broken English...'In the 18th Century, the universal language of Science was Latin, and it does no injustice to those (essentially all) scientific writers whose native language was not Latin to note that they probably wrote 'broken Latin' in many cases. For reasons of historical interest and personal curiosity, I have chosen to translate from Latin to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
American Mathematical Society
Condition
New
Number of Pages
520
Place of Publication
Providence, United States
ISBN
9780821801697
SKU
V9780821801697
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